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realcaseyrollins@thelemmy.club to scienceEnglish · 9 months ago

People around world associate rolled R with a jagged line, study finds

www.theguardian.com

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People around world associate rolled R with a jagged line, study finds

www.theguardian.com

realcaseyrollins@thelemmy.club to scienceEnglish · 9 months ago
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Speakers of 28 languages linked sound and shape at least 88% of the time, in ‘strongest case of sound symbolism to date’
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  • ohwhatfollyisman
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    huh. i visually associate the rrrrr sound with a row of ball bearings, personally.

    • gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works
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      Uh. If you’ve got bearing that sounds like a rolled “r”, you’re gonna want to buy a new bearing.

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        Unless that row of ball bearings is rolling off a little drop in a line. Like emptying a tube of pringles onto a charcuterie board by swiping the canister out from under the stack, except it’s a little tube of ball bearings you’re pouring onto an anvil.

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    So rolled Rs have ridges?

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    Sawtooth synaesthetic

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      Collective subconscious-abiding artifact of a potato chip advertising campaign

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